I am a prove owner of the HTC Butterfly (Note: verizon version actually works in the UK. sim slot is activate – no issues whatsoever)

When i saw the details on the butterfly S i was a little shocked as it seemed too soon after the htc one..

why release a phone superior to the 1 so quickly… (i guess this is the reason why they are trying to keep it away from the West )

Also .. why does htc have this trend of only releasing phones with sd slots in asian markets??

Note: you can pre-order / buy the butterfly s now – its on amazon and a few other re-sellers but the price is crazy high at .. £580. :-(

]]>By: FYLegend21http://www.slashgear.com/htc-butterfly-s-so-close-yet-so-far-away-19287109/#comment-306075
Sun, 18 Aug 2013 13:14:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=287109#comment-306075international version (901s found in Singapore, Hong Kong etc.) has LTE, Taiwanese version (901e) does not. All have microSD slots.
]]>By: Quentinehttp://www.slashgear.com/htc-butterfly-s-so-close-yet-so-far-away-19287109/#comment-306064
Sun, 18 Aug 2013 09:11:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=287109#comment-306064HTC is still marketing the one as the flagship, probably cos of the metal casing which is admittedly nicer than plastic
]]>By: Jarlhttp://www.slashgear.com/htc-butterfly-s-so-close-yet-so-far-away-19287109/#comment-302814
Sun, 21 Jul 2013 15:03:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=287109#comment-302814There’s 2 version of the butterfly s, the 901e and the 901s
the 901e has only 3g, but the 901s has lte
so if you order that one, like I did, you can really have it all
premium price, sure, but at least it wont be butchered by carriers
]]>By: Jarlhttp://www.slashgear.com/htc-butterfly-s-so-close-yet-so-far-away-19287109/#comment-302758
Sat, 20 Jul 2013 11:59:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=287109#comment-302758does this really not have LTE and micro sd card slot?
the specs on gsmarena say otherwise?
]]>By: tonkotsuhttp://www.slashgear.com/htc-butterfly-s-so-close-yet-so-far-away-19287109/#comment-299549
Mon, 24 Jun 2013 06:39:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=287109#comment-299549when I see this phone, I think of all the people that defended the htc one’s home button delete, the expandable storage delete, and small battery. this is just htc saying to those people. “F you”
]]>By: Frank Linhttp://www.slashgear.com/htc-butterfly-s-so-close-yet-so-far-away-19287109/#comment-299131
Fri, 21 Jun 2013 07:14:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=287109#comment-299131Here are 3 important things HTC needs to improve on:

1. Marketing – Most important.

2. Timing – Don’t have delays to a phone that cause it to launch right near a competitor, especially Samsung. At this point, keep the One as a flagship instead of overshadowing it with the Butterfly!

I could care less about removable battery or storage though I find those welcome additions. Does the Nexus 4 have either? No! Is HTC ditching removable batteries? No! Only their flagships don’t have removable batteries, their low end phones still have them, the Desire 600 will have removable battery. It’s more of their way to keep the build quality/durability up.

“it’s only 16 GB” – you have a microSD slot on this phone!

“but you can only store apps on internal storage” – apps don’t take up so much space on Android, and data for larger apps is stored in the SDCard partition even if your phone has only internal storage.

That said I still have those two things I’m disappointed about. No waterproofing and no optical stabilizer.

If Verizon brings this to the US as a carrier exclusive, there’s almost no chance we can see it as a Canadian product. With the One they stopped this carrier exclusivity but the smaller carriers like Wind and Mobilicity etc. don’t have the One and are promoting the S4. Telus keeps promoting the S4 with a panda case for breast cancer awareness. I did see a small HTC One booth set up at my local mall, but HTC still needs to work on marketing.

To be honest I think it’s a bit too soon for them to unveil this phone, people will rage about the One being “old” and HTC not caring about their old phones (as SO many times before, just look at the Thunderbolt ICS delay or Desire HD not getting ICS), and it also gives time for competitors to design an even better one. They need to push on marketing the HTC One and if a successor is announced, constantly the One updated as well. Well, maybe they’re waiting to have the One, Butterfly and Butterfly S to ALL be released before giving them all Android 4.2.2.

The Butterfly S announcement only came about a week after a dual-SIM 32GB HTC One with microSD was announced in Taiwan…

]]>By: Gussy2000http://www.slashgear.com/htc-butterfly-s-so-close-yet-so-far-away-19287109/#comment-299059
Thu, 20 Jun 2013 17:25:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=287109#comment-299059Agreed. HTC certainly knows how to make a phone, it just has no idea how to get them sold.
]]>By: Diegodbmhttp://www.slashgear.com/htc-butterfly-s-so-close-yet-so-far-away-19287109/#comment-299044
Thu, 20 Jun 2013 15:59:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=287109#comment-299044Mmmmm… I think that the rebird of HTC was an ilusion… they made the same mistake last year with the One series. I hope that the GE may be ported to the actual owners. I think that this will be my last HTC, I’ll be back to Nexus line.
]]>By: Lirodonhttp://www.slashgear.com/htc-butterfly-s-so-close-yet-so-far-away-19287109/#comment-298992
Thu, 20 Jun 2013 13:39:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=287109#comment-298992I don’t live in the U.S.; I live in that little country right above it (and to the right in the case of Alaska)
]]>By: Eleeflyguy43http://www.slashgear.com/htc-butterfly-s-so-close-yet-so-far-away-19287109/#comment-298988
Thu, 20 Jun 2013 13:25:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=287109#comment-298988If they cannot make the One succeed, there is no point in splicing its marketing funds to launch the Butterfly. Yes, tech writers have less words to sell to their editors, but that is hardly motivation enough for HTC to launch an Asia-based product in North America
]]>By: Frank Linhttp://www.slashgear.com/htc-butterfly-s-so-close-yet-so-far-away-19287109/#comment-298936
Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:22:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=287109#comment-298936and you want a carrier-branded version with no microSD slot?
]]>By: Frank Linhttp://www.slashgear.com/htc-butterfly-s-so-close-yet-so-far-away-19287109/#comment-298934
Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:20:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=287109#comment-298934Kinda sucks thinking how good these products actually are:
HTC Butterfly: One of the first 5-inch 1080p smartphones – Not released in Europe or Canada, butchered by Verizon in the US.

HTC First: An HTC phone that has a stock/vanilla Android UI – Promoted as a Facebook Phone; nobody will buy. Stocks dwindle despite good sales of the HTC One.

]]>By: Frank Linhttp://www.slashgear.com/htc-butterfly-s-so-close-yet-so-far-away-19287109/#comment-298935
Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:20:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=287109#comment-298935well, probably only in Asia, not even Europe or North America…

It’s a personal disappointment but it’s HTC’s way of keeping the One as a flagship in at least some parts of the world.

]]>By: MSmith79http://www.slashgear.com/htc-butterfly-s-so-close-yet-so-far-away-19287109/#comment-298837
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:09:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=287109#comment-298837Just wish the One used the standard button configuration like the Butterfly does.
]]>By: Чубака Ивановичhttp://www.slashgear.com/htc-butterfly-s-so-close-yet-so-far-away-19287109/#comment-298826
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:22:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=287109#comment-298826When HTC J Butterfly was released, nobody new if it come to other markets. I assume, that worldwide version of Butterfly S would be announced on IFA 2013 or later date before Xmas.
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